Time dilation is your subjective acceleration veering into more “time” than “space”.
If you somehow were in a flat universe with parallel velocity to an object several light-years away, and somehow managed to accelerate towards it at 1 g, you’d impact at the time on your watch that pure Newtonian physics says you would.
The subjective clocks of the place you’re hitting would measure your travel time as a lot longer, however. But it wouldnt be infinite at all – a relatively small multiple of “several” years, in fact.
(Before the relativistic impact recused both you and them to an energetic plasma, that is.)
We have a physicist here ! Thanks to the universe 😁
(i am more like a physics’ enthusiast who understood A. Einstein(s’) very old book on special (= 1st draft) relativity)
So there are two correct but very different answers to this question, then, right? One for an outside observer and another from the perspective of the black hole?
A_A@lemmy.world 1 day ago
at most Δ length / c → 6.4e6 m / (3e8 m/s)
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
This assumes time remains constant, though, right? But isn’t time affected by the black hole?
DomeGuy@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Time dilation is your subjective acceleration veering into more “time” than “space”.
If you somehow were in a flat universe with parallel velocity to an object several light-years away, and somehow managed to accelerate towards it at 1 g, you’d impact at the time on your watch that pure Newtonian physics says you would.
The subjective clocks of the place you’re hitting would measure your travel time as a lot longer, however. But it wouldnt be infinite at all – a relatively small multiple of “several” years, in fact.
(Before the relativistic impact recused both you and them to an energetic plasma, that is.)
A_A@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
We have a physicist here ! Thanks to the universe 😁
(i am more like a physics’ enthusiast who understood A. Einstein(s’) very old book on special (= 1st draft) relativity)
bufalo1973@piefed.social 1 day ago
Maybe from the POV of the person falling.
LillyPip@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
So there are two correct but very different answers to this question, then, right? One for an outside observer and another from the perspective of the black hole?